Pen Quotes

753 quotes by 581 authors

Perhaps the final hour is come I have left no testament Only a pen, for my mother I am no hero in an age without… — Bei Dao
Take time to be quiet. This is something that we don't do enough in this busy world of ours. We rush, rush, rush, and we… — Jim Rohn
In 2012, the far-right Golden Dawn won 21 seats in Greece's parliamentary election, the right-wing Jobbik gained ground in my native Hungary, and the National… — George Soros
Whatever action we are doing, we should be sure to keep the thought of God alive within. Whenever we sit or get up, we should… — Mata Amritanandamayi
I take it that a monograph of this sort belongs to the ephemera literature of science. The studied care which is warranted in the treatment… — Gilbert N. Lewis
Readers are less and less seen as mere non-writers, the subhuman other or flawed derivative of the author; the lack of a pen is no… — Terry Eagleton
The pen is an instrument of discovery rather than just a recording implement. If you write a letter of resignation or something with an agenda,… — Billy Collins
Keeping the pen out of your hand as much as possible is the best way to write a song, in my estimation. But the pen… — Glen Hansard
What happens to us all, I think, when we pick up a pen, is that we just become snobs. — Glen Hansard
I love the idea of leaving some of the original abstract thought in, because the problem is that when you pick up a pen you… — Glen Hansard
I pick up my guitar and play. Something might come, and then the pen comes out. Then an edit, until something comes out that you're… — Glen Hansard
The best writers who have put pen to paper have often had a journalism background. — Rick Bragg
The funny thing about writing is I think a lot of people assume that you're sitting in a garret with a quill pen for hour… — Lincoln Child
I still draw a lot though. Ballpoint pen is my preferred medium. — Mackenzie Crook
So much better to write pen on paper; you can do it anywhere, say, while stuck at the airport. — Upamanyu Chatterjee
Before I could even hold a pen I was singing. — Melanie Fiona
I don't write directly on to the computer because I don't think well facing forward with fingers on a keyboard. I think better looking down… — Joshua Ferris
Give me a paper and pen, so I can write about my life of sin. A couple of bottles of gin, in case I don't… — Tupac Shakur
Papa loved Mama, Mama loved men, Mama's in the graveyard, Papa's in the pen. — Garth Brooks
We all strive for safety, prosperity, comfort, long life, and dullness. The deer strives with his supple legs, the cowman with trap and poison, the… — Aldo Leopold

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